REPORTS SHOULD BE HANDED IN WITHIN ONE WEEK AFTER THE EXPERIMENT IS PERFORMED.

NAME: Your name

TITLE: The name of the experiment

DATE: The date that the experiment was performed

AIM: A brief statement of the experiment's purpose, as stated in the textbook / laboratory manual

MATERIALS: A list of the materials used in the experiment

METHOD: A brief description of the method used, set out in numbered steps and including a diagram where needed

RESULTS: All results of the experiment should be recorded. Usually data is presented in the form of tables and graphs, particularly if numerical calculations are used. Units of measurement (e.g. cm, mm, g, kg) should always be written.

CONCLUSIONS: This is the most important part of every scientific report and allows you to make a personal contribution to the experiment. The following should be discussed - agreement between your results and theory, chief sources of experimental error, applications of the results obtained or the techniques used, relevance of the experimental data.

QUESTIONS: A set of questions appear at the end of each experiment in the textbook / laboratory manual. These should be answered as precisely as possible.

Fold the filter paper into quarters and place into the filter funnel. Wet the filter paper with distilled water to hold it in place in the funnel.

Set up the apparatus as shown in the diagram.

Pour the mixture into the filter paper a little at a time. Do not overfill.

Continue to pour the mixture until the whole of the mixture has been filtered.

Observe and record the contents of the residue in the filter paper and the filtrate in the collecting beaker.

Results:

The residue in the filter paper contains the yellow chalk powder.

The filtrate in the collecting beaker contains the blue copper sulphate powder dissolved in water.

Conclusions:

Filtration separates soluble and insoluble substances because the dissolved particles of copper sulphate are so small that they pass through fine holes in the filter paper. Insoluble particles are too large to pass through the filter paper.

EXAMPLE 2 OF YEARS 8 - 10 SCIENCE LABORATORY REPORT

Name: Jasmin Huang

Date: 23rd February, 2001

Title: Germination and Development of Bean Seeds

Aim: To observe, measure and record the germination and development of bean seeds over a period of 2 weeks

Materials: 4 bean seeds

4 beakers

cotton wool

1 ruler

Method:

Place each of the 4 bean seeds in a different orientation on moist cotton wool in each of the 4 beakers.

Place all 4 beakers in a well-lit position where each beaker receives the same amount of light and warmth.

Ensure that the cotton wool is kept moist, by adding the same amount of water to each beaker at the same time each day.

When the seeds germinate, observe the direction and growth of the shoots and the roots. Record the data.

At the same each day, measure the heights of the shoots and record the data in a table and a graph.